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Saturday, December 01, 2012

Senate Republicans back East Coast ICBM missile defense

Kelly A. Ayotte |Key Senate Republicans on Thursday threw their support behind a controversial proposal to develop an East Coast missile defense site in the U.S. to defend against Iranian intercontinental ballistic missiles that do not yet exist.

During ongoing floor debate of the Senate’s fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill, New Hampshire’s Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) said she endorsed language in the House-passed bill authorizing the Pentagon to spend $100 million to study locations in the northeast United States for ICMB missile defenses.

That provision was a surprise addition when the House bill emerged from the House Armed Services Committee and survived floor debate.

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